Meaningful Use Stage Criteria were released on February 23 for Eligible Professionals (EPs), Eligible Hospitals (EHs), and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs). Predictably, there has been wide coverage of the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM). Here are some good resources to help AmericanEHR users get a good understanding of the proposed rule. Be sure to…

CMS just announced a “National Provider Call” for Monday, March 12th; 12:30pm ET – 2pm ET. Here’s the message that was sent via email: This National Provider Call will provide an overview of the proposed rule, so you can learn what you need to know to receive EHR incentive payments. (CMS plans to hold another…

In this post, Dr. Robert Lamberts does a nice job of describing his experience with generating clinical summaries that meet the meaningful use requirements. He describes creating a handout that includes the following: What was the diagnosis? Were any medications started or stopped? Where any tests, labs, or consults ordered? What were the results of…

CMS just posted the notice of proposed rule making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2. Here is the link to the fact sheet; here is the link to the full document (455 pages). More to follow.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the January payment update to the EHR Incentive Program through January 2012. Here are some data from the EHR Incentive Payment Summary for January 2012. Medicare Data 22,937 Eligible Professionals (EP) received incentive payments $412,866,000 distributed Average per EP = $18,000 Top 4 Specialties: Family Medicine –…

Several news items surfaced yesterday (February 14, 2012) referencing comments made by acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner during the American Medical Association’s National Advocacy Conference. HealthIT News covered it here; Modern Healthcare here; and iHealthBeat here. Most of the commentary has been that CMS can only delay the implementation and that it is extremely unlikely…